Large Batch of Christmas Snowballs

Ingredients:

• 2 cups unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

• 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar for dusting, or as needed

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. Cream the butter with 1 cup of the confectioners' sugar and the vanilla. Mix in the flour, pecans, and salt. Roll about 1 tablespoon or so of dough into balls and place on an parchment lined cookie sheet. 
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4. Bake in preheated oven until bottoms are golden, about 15 minutes. Do not allow these cookies to get too brown: it's better to undercook them than to overcook them. While cookies are still hot, roll them in confectioners' sugar. Once they have cooled, roll them in confectioners' sugar once more.